The Greek and Latin Inscriptions... | Buy

Caesarea Maritima, a port town on the Mediterranean coast about 40km north of modern Tel Aviv, was founded by King Herod the Great sometime shortly after 22 BC and flourished as a major urban centre during the first six centuries C.E. The 411 inscriptions included in this volume represent the finds of a quarter of a century of investigation at the site and bear crucial testimony to the civil and military organization, urban construction, religion and funerary practices of an important Roman and Byzantine provincial centre. In addition, the language of the Greek and Latin inscriptions provides important insights into the evolution of those languages as well as information on the demographic, ethnic and social make-up of the population of Caesarea Maritima in the Roman and Late Antique Periods.

Foreword

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgements

xiii

List of Figures

xv

Abbreviations

xvi

Part I Epigraphy and the History of Caesarea

1

(32)

City and Province

6

(4)

The Roman Army in Palestine

10

(1)

Urban Building in the Inscriptions

11

(5)

Gods and Goddesses, Ethnic and Religious Identities

16

(4)

The People of Caesarea

20

(4)

Funerary Inscriptions

24

(3)

Language and Grammar

27

(1)

Chronological Systems and Dating

28

(2)

Palaeography

30

(3)

Part II The Greek and Latin Inscriptions

33

(198)

Notes on the Format of the Corpus

33

(2)

The Bust of Olympiodorus (1)

35

(1)

Honorific Inscriptions (2-38)

35

(30)

Statue Bases (2-3)

35

(2)

Columns (4-26)

37

(22)

Slabs and Blocks (27-38)

59

(6)

Acclamations (39-42)

65

(2)

Architectural Inscriptions (43-78)

67

(25)

The Tiberieum (43)

67

(3)

Cleopatra's Building (44)

70

(1)

The High Level Aqueduct (45-56)

71

(8)

A Tower (57)

79

(1)

The Hadrianeum (58)

80

(2)

The Byzantine Esplanade (59)

82

(2)

Arches (60-61)

84

(2)

Inscribed Architectural Members (62-77)

86

(6)

The Synagogue (78-84)

92

(1)

The Imperial Revenue Office and Vicinity (85-96)

92

(13)

A Bath? (97-98)

105

(1)

Milestones (99-108)

106

(6)

Financial and Legal Documents (109-12)

112

(4)

Fresco Inscription (113)

116

(1)

Inscriptions on Small Stone Objects (114-18)

116

(2)

Altars, Dedications, and Invocations (119-42)

118

(12)

Pagan (119-28)

118

(6)

Christian and Jewish (129-42)

124

(6)

Funerary Inscriptions (143-348)

130

(81)

Regulations (143-44)

130

(1)

Statue Base (145)

131

(1)

Protome (146)

132

(1)

Built Tomb (147)

133

(1)

Sarcophagi (148-55)

133

(5)

Block (156)

138

(1)

Tomb Door (157)

139

(1)

Plaques

139

(72)

Pagan (158-64)

139

(4)

Jewish (see also Invocations) (165-83)

143

(9)

Possibly Jewish (184-96)

152

(6)

Christian (197-243)

158

(18)

Other (244-48)

176

(35)

Fragments of Unusual Interest (349-411)

211

(20)

Notes

231

(26)

Bibliography and Concordance

257

(10)

Indices

267

(24)

Index of Personal Names

267

(7)

Index of Emperors

274

(1)

Index of Officers, Ranks, and Titles

275

(2)

Index of Gods, Goddesses, Sacred and Mythical Persons, and Personifications

277

(1)

Index of Military Units

278

(1)

Index of Places and Peoples

278

(1)

Index of Buildings, Parts of Buildings, Tombs, and Other Structures

279

(1)

Index of Words, Phrases, and Formulas

280

(6)

Index of Abbreviations and Symbols

286

(2)

Index of Subjects

288

(3)

List of Scriptural Quotations

291

(1)

List of Dated Inscriptions and Dating Formulas

291

(1)

List of Metrical Inscriptions

291

(1)

Concordance of Registration Numbers

291

(1)

Previously Unpublished Texts

292

(1)

Photo Plates

293

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.